The Sun. — London, England, 1836-04-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria drove and walked in the Parks yesterday. The Duke of Cumberland came to town yesterday from his residence at Kew. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria•visited the Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester on Sunday afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held ,yesterday afternoon at the F oreign -office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russ e ll, the Ch ance ll or o f th e Exchequer, the Earl of Minto, Sir John Hohhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. P. Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Council sat two hours. Viscount Melbourne came to town yesterday from ran ganger, Herts. The Marquis of Lansdowne and other Mi r.isters came to town to attend the Council. The Bavarian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. = , I•II:WIMA,MMD F ASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Sir Tr a yt on and Lady ARRIV Elliott Drake, in Chesterfield ttreet, May-fai r , f rom N utwe ll C ourt, D evon ;A. C. P a lli s , Esq at the St. James's Royal Ilottl, Jelmyn-street, from Dublin ; Schwabe, Esq., at ditto, from Manchester ; Mr. and Mrs. '1 swell, at ditto, from Bristol ; Captain Drum ond, at ditto, from Edinburgh ; H. Lloyd, Esq., and Mrs. Loyd, at the Hotel, Berners-street, from their scat, South Park, P et ohurst, Kent; Miss Streatfield, at ditto, Faw cett, f °ln ditto; Miss Harvey, at ditto, from Bristol ; S. G. Esq., at ditto; F. W. Harris, Esq., at ditto, from arris, Esq., iti aiabridge ; J. Nicollg, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; J. F. at ditto, from ditto. DEPARTURES. Char William Lennox, for Goodwood, Sussex; Sir les and L a dy S u lli van , for Kemptown ; J. R. Kemp, a L s q' , M. P., from Belgrave-sq4a7c, for ditto; Sir Coutts and Lag', Trotter, from Grosvenor-square, on a tour ; Colonel and Mrs. Owen, for Tunbridge Wells; Sir John Johnstone, Bart., M. P., from Grosvenor-square, for Nuneham, Ox fordshire; M r , and Mrs. Butler Danvers, from Chesterfield street, for the. Cntinent; 'Sir Richard and Lady Bulkeley, from • Arbngton-street, for Picton , Castle ; Sir Gilbert I.rathcote, Bart., from Lan ham -Mace for Dendales, Surrey ; ` - s !, l • and Lady Emily Pusey, and family, .for Berks ; Alex. ... ‘ ln ith, Esq., from the St. James's Royal Hotel, Jertnyn 9fiteet, f or Liverpool; Count Amand d'Otranto, from ditto, ;14. Paris; Major C. Vivian, M. P., from ditto, for South ampton ; .1. M. Brackcnbury, Esq., from ditto, on a tour ; Freeman, Esq., from ditto, for Oxford ; T. H. Parker, S q . ' and Mrs. Parker, f ro m Berners Hotel, Berners - street , fo r 1 ,, Oxford ; W. B. Whi te h ea d, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; Vas Hoskins, from ditto, for ditto ; Edward Mills, Esq., and Mrs. Mills, from ditto. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S. TM.O THOUSAND GUINEAS STASES, P.P. (TUESDAY NEXT.) 5 to 4 on Ld Jersey's Bro. to Nell Gwynne—taken "•• to 2 agst Lord Lichfield's Elis—no bickers 6 0; 1 agst Lord Exeter's Muezzin—taken 7 to 1 'cgst Duke of Grafton's Calmuck—taken 10 to I agz=t, Mr. Robinson's Whaley—take 12 to 1 The favourite wa.:, the only horse backed with any spirit, nothing itbeing said about Ebbs. rston, and very little done on Calmuck and Muezzin. THE PORTLAND HANDICAP, P.P. (TO-31011P.0W WEEK.) 9 to 2 agst Mr.,Etwali's Revenge—taken 9 to 2 agst Mr. Cooke's Sheet Anchor—taken 11 to 2 agst Mr. Sowerby ' s Rioter—offered 11 to 2 a,gst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime—offered 6 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield ' s Hornsea—offered 8 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Pelops--taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Tiber—take 10 to 1 Not much done except on the two favourites, which were backed freely. THE DERBY. 4 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Nell Gvvynne—taken 13 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's lot—offered to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Ebberston—taken freely 9to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Mummy-10 tot takenfreely 13 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Sepoy—offered 15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Muezzin—take 16 to 1 16 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bro. to Bamfylde—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Taishteer—offered 30 to 1 agst 31r. Allen's Master of the Rolls—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Neva colt—taken OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Emineh—taken 76 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Fair Jane—taken rr, 1 6 to 1 a gs t Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny—taken th _aue etting was not so brisk as might have been expected front e crow b ded state of the room. GO TTISFORD RAGES, n 'EDIVESDAT. Th e Partners' Cup, value 10 sovs., and 40 in specie, given by the Gentle men o f the Hunt; three yrs old, 9st. 81b. ; four, lOst. I°3 'i. ) . ; five, list. Sib. ; six and aged, 12st. Two mile beats. Mr. Threadwell's Harold Mr. Parr 1 1 Mr. Ivens's Lottery 2 2 T he Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with a purse added; three 3. " old, 9st. 1 Ilb.; four, ICst. 111 b. ; five, Ilst. 91b. ; six and ei;ed, lest. 21b. Thorough-bred horses to carry 141 b.--extra, "cc. Heats, once round an a distance. Mr. Threadwell's Harold Mr. Parr 1 1 Mr. Ford's Leadenheels ... 2 dr Air. H. Peyton's The Asps ' 83 v A Handicap Mr:a Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with a Purse added, ilywen by Mr. Morris's Guildford, 12st., beati n g six others ks. A Hurdle Race of 3 soya. each, with a Purse added by the Fund. °nee round and a distance. Heats, three leaps in each heat. 1 2st. Thorough-bred horses to carry 101 b. extra. Mr. Ford's Leadenheels 1 1 Mr. Cooper's hi. ni 2 2 kr. Perrin's Brilliant 3 dr ROO RA CES, SATURD4Y. (In Lord Dacre's Park.) T he Ladies' Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 says. each, for horses not thoroughbred ; four yrs old, 9st. 71b. ; five, 10st. 71b.; llst. 21b ; aged, llst. 71b. A winner of 501. (matches kXCep:ed) 101 b. extra. Once round and a distance. Gentle teen riders. 6 Subs. Mr. D. Radcliffe's Lady Emily . Owner 1 4 ,, Mr. Philli more ' s Intriguer ... The Gorhambury Stakes of 10 say s. each, h. ft., for maiden horses, ~B ` c. 12st. eac h. R egu l ar h unters a l lowe d 71b. ; thoroug h b re d horses 141 b. extra. Once round and a distance. 11 Subs. Mr. Halsey na. Sebright Mr. Daniels Mr. Baker's Nimrod Air. D. Radcliffe's Pegasus Mr. Gerry's The Amazon ... a,Cd Lord Grimston's M oons hi ne , H on . C. G r i ms t on ' s P res id e nt, I - 'lr. Latour's Parole started, but were not placed. Won by a Zth clev er l y. he Farmers' Plate of 3o sous. ; secondhorse to receive 10 sous. Mr. T. Mark's Touchtoe Mr. F. Geary 01 1 p ou Nightingale's Jewish Lass others st ar t e d. Th e secon d h eat was a fi ne race , won on ly ,i!ead the third by two lengths. curry Stakes, for all horses carrying I2st. The winner to "'e sold f or run in. 40 sovs. if d e ma n d e d, & o . T o s t ar t a t th e roa d mi d 111 r. B a k er , s March Owner 1 a- , r - c• Webber's Adelaide erd Vernlam's br. f. aid by Filho ... ...... .... The ground was very heavy. The c,IIOZDERNESS HUNT RACES, FRIDAr. h 'elter Cup, by a subscription of 10 sovs. each, p.p., f" r"s Ro l an d carrying 14st each, that have regularly hunted with t he . • ,t,derness, Sir T. Sykes's or Mr. Hill's Hounds. The per to to be sold for 300, Rze. Once round and a distance. 10 Subs. Mr T A/ • `I. S. Thompson's Confederate Owner 1 A h r : G. H. Thompson's Algiers Th . , • J. • Hill's Liddisdale ..,-"leverley Stakes of 30 sovs. given by the Town of Beverley, c • u go 'ted to a 401, Handicap Sweepstakes ' of 5 sovs. each ; I soy. ft. to ° the second horse, for any horse that has hunted with the ta le i r e . :l7 7 s Hounds during the season. Once round and a dis- Iv _ H. Ward's Logic . A . tlir•iCameron's Escape the Swindler 2 °then w a ' heat between Logic and Escape the Swindler. Five The p ere not laced. with,: e ..rF Cup, given by the Members of the Hunt, value 25/., R eat ." 4 in it, and the entrance money to go to the second horse. „,.:, once round and a distance. .; Cook's Transport '',. • J. Col ' 5 Ticket 'lr. Nicholson's Quadrille T,,,, .11UNTING APPOINTMENTS. r0," 1 ..e . ings Stag Aounds will commence hunting in the New ,xt.ee,t_this day. Minh sport is expected, as the wild deer are k e - inf.,,,ly sharp in their running, and none but good horses can X u p with the turr4lio. HoldernesTHounds on Thursuay at Burton Constable ; Sa ,,, at Wing Bridge --11. V: C. Constable's Bounds on Wedncsday.at the Kennel. . t.-±ise.cllurton Hunt on Wednesday at Swallow Beck ; Thyii t rr..i.Wood ; Saturday, at Stappleford Moor. Friday, at V e _flianet Harriers meet on Monday at Monkton . Sea Mark ; Ti t i le 'laY, at Minster Mills ; 'Friday, at Nash Court Hill—at 10.. 4e, Tha Brighton Harriers meet every Monday at Patchara ; Wed" ;, Ys l at the . Race Course; Fridays, at the Dyke.. Imtv'pesßrookside harriers on Mondays at Newmarket Hill ; \Yet N il, at Lewes Race Course ; Fridays, at Telscombs Tye—na, ..._—_=_._.._--z---..—_„__-- -I-I=l.f „On Thursday Lord Palmerston paid a visit to his 1-7Qa !tituents at Tiverton, at which place the Conservatives. have . , 111 `,... 1 been actively engaged itt canvassing, in most of Au'ner election. ilis Lordship's reception was most flattering. ;_,..eProcession was formed to escort him into the town, and he on srwards addressed an assembly of about three thousand per -1% who cheered his Lordship most enthusiastically. iSI R T • ri ,_ • REVOII, M.P., AND THE DIS.SENTER.S.- t 4 "Coilduit-pipc" continues to run fiery , though it rc .1301,. cd the slight interruption from the Member for Knares %fVgh, on a recent occasion. lir, Trevor has given notice it lc o' l ' intention to ruler,- his motion, t',;r declaring Dissenters bpi to to fill the office of Tithe Cormni:ozioners, on the nia r k gin ti g up of the R eport on the Commutation Bill. The r 1) n,_, e , :rclootance cl th e Meus e o f C ommons to entertain his toFrosition s eerns to have hariieued him in c on t empt for his torrO character of champi,:i of the Isis,za he now stands forward oalurnmat 1 /., si. I s thii. the only subject t „, 1,,,, c and degrade. ,-- . 1 is ~ • isus re soive"doon the Member sent from (not j;), - , ,D . th grins tered to take rope enough." A few ni,:;:htS cs'?, he ‘,..11- ~ ~ the lists in behalf of that execrable miscreant, ~!::,' rebel a,..Vng" of Spain ! An I,4oostiibje,ets truly " orthodox" combination of persons 1 What next ? An alliance icdth . .‘ Auld ......j i e ? ' Connoisseirs in family pictures" may live in hope 1 uritam 4dvertiser.. THEATRES. DRURY-LANE. Miss Vandenhoff made her debut last night in the part of Juliet, in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Her person is graceful, her figure well formed, her complexion fair, and her face handsome and expressive. In the more subdued passages she was most effective ; but in those which re• quired the display of greater energy the task seemed to be beyond the powers she at present possesses. IF a guess might be hazarded from her acting in the scene with the Nurse, we should be tempted to say that in lighter, and of course easier parts than that of Juliet, she would be more likely to attain public favour, at least until more extensive experience shall have given her greater self-command. The chief merit, and the greatest promise of her acting, were displayed in the modest and unassuming manner in which she acquitted herself. The audience, who were most fa vourably disposed towards her, elicered her exertions with frequent and warm applause, and after the close of the play insisted upon her re-appearance to receive their congratu lations. Mr. Vandenhoff played Mercutio for the first time. The occasion excused the attempt ; but it is not a part which is likely to add to his reputation. The other characters were on the whole ably filled. COVENT-GARDEN. Sheridan Knowles's play of the Hunchback was last night performed, when Miss Beverley, a lady recently attacned to the Glasgow Theatre, appeared for the first time on the London boards as the representative of the arch and lively Helen. Her features are very agreeable, strongly indicative of playfulness and good humour. She inclines considerably to the cinbonpoint;which, to a certain extent, interferes with the symmetry of her form. She is a pleasing, sensible actress, well versed in the business of the stage, and though she did not evince all that buoyancy of animal spirits which Miss Taylor was wont to lavish on the part of Helen, she sustained the character with easy and natural gaiety. The part of Julia was sustained with excellent judgment and dis crimination by Miss H. Faucit. She has improved mani festly since she first essayed the character. Mr. Dale took the part of Sir Thomas Clifford. It is rather, to use a phrase well known to the profession, " up-hill work ;" but Mr. Dale went through it cleverly. Mr. G. Bennett ap peared as Master Walter. There is a strange variability in this gentleman's mode of acting. None of that more than tendency to extravagance which disfigures many of his scenic efforts are observable in his performance of the Hunchback. It is a • wall-conceived and meritorious per formance. The play is extremely well got up. ST. JAAIES'S. This theatre has been appropriately fitted up to suit the convenience and wiAes of that class of persons who are alone likely to support a series of French performances. The two first circles have been laid out in private boxes, with the exception of some four or five in the upper tier, and two-thirds of the area of the pit is occupied by stalls. Madame Jenny Vertpre looked well, and played with ail her accustomed archness and spirit The part, however, was not worthy of her, and the vaudeville Andre in which it occurs was a singularly unfavourable specimen of the modern French drama. A piece in one act, called Le Concert d laa Gear, followed, in which a namesake of the celebrated tenor, Nourit (M. Auguste Nourit), played the principal character. He sang pleasingly. The, house was very fashionably attended. IRELAND. THE ExpLosioN.—The removal by gunpowder of the statue of the " glorious, pious, and immortal" memory is still the engrossing subject of conversation at Dublin. Two gentlemen have been held to bail for alleged words spoken against the objects of the statue and its erection again in the same place. Among other rumours with which the town abounds is one that has at least an air of great probability, namely, that a young Orangeman, a medical man well known in the city, was the person who blasted the statue. The individual alluded to has absconded. GREAT COUNTY MEETING AT KILKENNY.—ADDRESS TO THE EARL Or MULGRAVE.—Friday a meeting of the landed proprietary, magistracy, clergy, and freeholders of the county of Kilkenny, was held at the county court-house, in pursuance of a requisition addressed to the High-sheriff, and bearing the signatures of upwards of one hundred and fifty noblemen and gentlemen, to express the high sense enter tabled by the requisitionists of the inflexible love of justice and impartial administration of the laws, which have characterised the government of Lord Mulgrave since his arrival in Ireland. After the Address had been put and carried, a fellow named Flood, not a freeholder, and against whom the sense of the troaeting was strongly manifested, made an attempt to disturb the unanimity of the meeting. A vote of thanks was carried to Lord Morpeth for the zeal, ability, and impartiality with which Ina had discharged the duties of Chief Secref}•ry for Ire land ; and Lbsnks Inving been voted to the High Sheriff, the meeting separated after giving three cheers for O'Connell. Thirteen persons in Cork have within the last twelve months suffered from vitriol-throwing. Several other individuals were marked out as victims, and would probably have suffered, had not the schemes of the conspirators been interrupted by the apprehension of some of those who were to have carried thorn into execution. TIIE THEOLOGICAL 1113WPOGER.—The late cowardly retreat of M‘Ghee should disentitle him to any notice as a theologian— in fact, his own conduct is the very best commentary on his in significance. We would, therefore, recommend our corres pondent to let the fellow sink into obscurity. Newspaper no tice is all that he desires, and we will not gratify his vanity until ha discards his cowardice, and meets the man who has accepted his own challenge.—Freeman. " The adage of " two of a trade," &c., is well exemplified in a keen encounter of wits, at present exhibiting in the Bel fast papers, by two members of the tonsorial fraternity, one of whom formerly wormed in this gude town: It appears he has, " for the purpose of accommodating his customers only," had placed in his " cutting room," a " London weighing ma chine." A rival .establishrtaant, not to be outdone, announces that it is not only in possession of toe same aKendage, but also a standard for measuring the height. What either hss to do with hair-dressing, or wig-making, we profess ourselves • unable to comprehend; but the latter perruquier, we find, turns it to ingenious account by announcing, " as a proof of the decided preference given to his hair-cutting- rooms, he finds, on reference to the schedule cf his patent London weighing machine, that the united weight of his customers, in one month, amounts to one hundred tons, comprehending a much superior weight of respectability and public worth." BANKRUPTCY.—As we were the first to draw attention to the proposed scheme of abolishing the present system of Bank ruptcy Judicature by Commissionci s, and substituting a sin gle Judge in a fixed place—we are well pleased, to perceive that our observations have not been without their influence. A petition from this city will state the opinions and desires of the commercial and trading classes—and we should hope to sec the petition carrying the authority of numbers, as well as of opinions. There are more individuals than the Commissioners of Bankrupta who will be affected by the change, and for whom no compensation whatever is proposed to be made by the Bill —and this omission appears to us to deserve the harsh name of a wrong inflicted on the parties" who have been faithful and blameless. There are other changes contemplated by the Lord Chancellor Plunkct, which, though they do not affect public interests as directly as they do those of a private and personal nature, are very well deserving of public animadver sion—we mean the proposition for the abolition of the offices of six clerks, without compensation to the individuals who now fill those offices, some of whom have purchased their aitiintioos under the Court of Chancery.—Cork Herald. him TUlTlON.—Several farmers living in a mountainous district in Donegal, employed c, young schoolmaster to teach their children during the summer months, In the house where the school was kept there was a weaver's loom, which he con verted into a gallows. When any of the pupils did not get the prescribed Lac, he cast a noose on the cord attached to the loom, placed it around his .neck, and strangulated him for a little. As soon as the farmers heard of this new me thod of correction, they removed their Andrea from under the care of the pedagogue, who was obliged to give up his employment and become .a s tiller of the ground.—Derry Journal. _ _ . One hundred and eleven notices have been served by per slng applying to register as freeholders at the ensuing, sessions at Birr. The Cladagh fishermen, Galway, 3,000 in numb2r, have petitioned Parliament for lights and buoys on the coast. The Wexford Independent publishes approbatory resolu tions of his Excellency's government, by no less than four teen different meetings, which have been hold throughout the country. The of of the London and Westtninster Bank appear to be proe-ressim , ' very prosperously, th e open i ng o f branch offices in Bloomsbury, Whitechapel and geuthwark havin , 4 had the effect of increasing the business of the esta blishment to a considerable extent. Mr. Burgess, in his " Bank Circular," speaking of the question at issue between the London and Westminster Beni; pnd the Bank of Eng land, a question which he anticipates will riot be brought to a very speedy decision, says—" The Westminster Bank, before it has been in operation seven years, will be in a condition not only to grasp at excise and other fiscal collectorships, but will canvass successfully for the deposits of institutions, trus tees, assignees, parishes, public companies, and will endeavour to attract to its offices the most vainahle fonds and business now possessed by the Bank of England." This statement is already, in some measure, borne out by facts, for we find that, fn addition to the London and Westminster Bank being ap pointed receiver of e x cise duties for the counties of Kent and t h e important and united yestry o f St. Gil es a nd St. George,Surrey, Bloomsbury, have resolved to keep their accounts with the Bloomsbury branch. That public confidence in the estahlislnnent is on the increase is evident. The paid up ca pital is 6,00,0D9b ; and a few days ago the shares were get tingphe Directors gav e not i ce t h at th e y tN•ould up iss i u n e p l rie u c ,oo w om hc' oL, at 4/. 19s. premium. The whole of giving the Bank an additi9n a l thew shares were applied for , an fund of 4§,90[41; cn NYodnesday last, d a1104e4 - EXPERIMENTAL RUNNING ON Tin! LONDON AND GaEENWICII RAlLWAY ,—Notwithstanding the very heavy rains that prevailed during* the whole of the past we e k, and r nr til t! 7. Ir Cita 7 ieg of access to the commencement of this "away, nic tl!r! Company not having been able to work m ?' - e One engin . ; ,in •i train the sum of five hundred and fifty pounds Eevou , Dail SItII'LIIP wAs received as the profits of the week. IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SEW SIR—If the following desultory and unconnected state ment, relative to things generally, but more particularly to the administration of justice in Ireland, should. reach you before the termination of the recess, perhaps you would be kind enough to give it a place in your honest s . u a b n j i c i t n s d c e , inde pendent journal. Two of the circumstances 'which I shall touch upon in this communication - are. I understand, to be brought forward in a few days in Parliament, as impeanhment against the Law Officers of the Crown in this country ; . and it may not be amiss that the English people should know something of the real facts. With regard to the general appearance of things in - this country, there is a mighty change for the better. I have returned from one of the Circuits, upon which I have been absent for five wa s h. I have had ample opportunity of becoming acquainted with the feelings and opinions of the people, and it is incredible the change that has come over them ; they no longer f ee l sus picion in the administration of the criminal law—they will tell you in their own - emphatic terms, that they know there is " fair play" for all parties—it must be a consolation to those who govern to know that the confidence of the mil lions is placed in them. - When I speak of the manifest change for the better which has taken place in Ireland, I may at the same time affirm that this change relates more to the moral than to the physical condition of the people ; for whilst on the one hand those tremen dous engines of the law (writs of rebellion) are put into execution in every corner of the land, and whilst, on the other, the disappointed Irish landlords, act ing upon the foul spirit of revenge, are driving the people from their homes to perish by the wayside, there must be sorrows and privations amongst a portion of the people, and yet what a strange anomaly in the history of Ireland!— the country never was more tranquil. And wiry? because the people feel confidence in their rulers ; they know they will redress their wrongs as speedily as possible ; they hope, that the writs of rebellion will be put an end to by a speedy and final adjustment of the tithe question ; and they trust that the brutal Orange landlord will be coerced into humanity by a salutary poor-law. The circuits have now terminated in Ireland, and al though the calendars were apparently heavy in some couaa ties, it has turned out that the majority of the unfortunate persons thus cast into prison had no charge against them that could be substantiated, and were either acquitted or discharged by proclamation. Take, for example, the re sult of one day's proceedings at one assize town (Cavan), as appears by the Morning Register. To give them in de tail would go beyond . the limits of this letter ; suffice to say, that six cases of mighty magnitude, which were prose cuted by the Crown, were called on in succession ; in those cases four persons were charged with murder, two for dc mending arms, four for a riot and affray, two for adminis tering unlawful oaths, ,and appearing at the head of a party armed with pikes, one for manslaughter, and one for assaulting a habitation ; and will it be credited in Eng land, that amongst the whole of those heavy crimes so well calculated to swell a calendar, and to call forth the pious exordiums of Learned Judges on the state of society in this country, there did not appear the shadow of a charge supported by evidence against the accused ? Perhaps exception may be taken to the case of the rioters. There was in that case a drunken altercation of some kind— they wore found guilty; and the sentence of the Court was three days imprisonment ; with an observation from the Judge (Pennefather), that magistrates ought to be more cautious in taking informations, or sending such :.asea to be tried at the assizes. But to close the farce—a man named Brady was next put forward, charged with rape, arid .the poor fellow's trial about to be proceeded with, when lie cried out most lustily that he never was in the part el the country where the " fact" was committed, 14 Judge then called up the prosecutrix to identify him ; and the woman deClared that she never saw the man before. Tha Judge seemed amazed beyond description ; a n d tmArr en quiry into the case, the only explanation that could be given was, that the person charged was of the name of Tom Urady s and the priaoner bore the same name. The fore going abstract is merely the result of one day's proccediaga in one assize town ; and although no fault can 49 inipnted to the Il s aw Officers of the Crowe, it will he seen that Irish Magistrates hare as great a pcdre42a for peopling gaols as they have for depopalating village ; s, A very important Pimp Ikea taloa place in this country with regard to the selection of juries in criminal eases. Heretofore it was the custom of the town to pot by" in discriminately every parer except Wise whose political pre dilections were such as would insure a conviction in any case. For instance, if a Catholic wer e to he tried for the murder of en Orangeman, every Catholic who appeared in the box would be "put by," and twelve men, "good and true,'" like Judge Buelits'a Wexford jury would be sworn, and convic tion followed as a matter of course. Now the system of ‘ putting by" has been discontinued, and it is a question which will very rnhably ho speedily brought before Parlia meet, whether the ends of justice have been benefitted by the change. In all criminal trials arising out of political or party feuds, there will generally be according to this new izystera viLoect juries, and the result is, that they will not agree to a verdict, and that the ends ofjustice are defeated. There should, no doubt, be a remedy for this, and in my opinion, it would be simple, namely, to make it a part of the juryman's oath, that he never belonged to any private or. sworn society, Where an Orangeman gets on the jury of a brother Orangeman ho would die before he would consent to a conviction, and if there be in Ireland (which is very un likely) a Eihonman respectable enough to act in the capa city ol a juryman, ha would probably be actuated by the same feelings towards his banded brother. The instances of Orange jurors acquitting Orange delinquents in Ireland, would fill volumes, and the case; in which they have con victed those politically opposed to them, are still more nu merous. I may mention one remarkable illustration of the truth of'the former proposition. About two years ago a omit number of Orangemen and ribbonmea were to bo Grled respectively at Cavan, for walking in party processions. It was arranged that the Protestant party should be tried by a Protestant jury, and the Catholic party by a jury of Catholics. The former jury at once acquitted their friends, a lth o u g h it appeared in evidence that they were the original aggressors, while the latter jury brought in a verdict of guilty —the Judge (Burton) observed it was quite evident that one party had respect for their oaths, whilst the other had none, and that he weuld inflict no punishment on the party found guilty. I may mention another instance of' the light in wloeh Orangemen regard the oath of a juror, when the case involves anything of a party ques tion. At the last assizes of the county Meath, a far mer'S son was triad for a via in opposing a writ or rebel lion, or some other tithe process. The jury was com posed of seven Catholics and five liberal Protestants. I heard, whilst the trial was going on, several Orangemen il ! lo o nc u o n ns d sinc t il l e t tl e i; offer to bet largely that the jury fro w m ou t l b d e a f eat i t i i : t y ;i , t v ite i n o t i I t e il a e v ; young Mao guilty, and the would bring- into the jury box upon any party tools occasion to congra itiillgentilsieeibreosx,julging, of course, conscientious regard of their oath; ; notwithstanding their well-known personal haratility to ark uripopti l a r MeastiFe, The jory system le criminal eases, aati in Oyu eases too, requires revision so far as to cleltla3 question, oe t n( h i. cm jurr i ( . l l ig p lec ou 'l (u t i l Y e a from juries all Orangemen and Ribbennian, That this chango is evident I peach only r4lPntlen this fact I—At the last Assizes of Maryborough, a number of Whitefeet were tried for a most barba rou s murder of an aged and respect ableman, who , ge ls offenee was that of enclosing a part of a mountain common—a man who had himself been con victed of a Whitefoet offence, was on the jury —and al though the case was a eloar one, they were discharged with out agreeing to a verdict, It is but justice, however, to add, that the same parties were before tried by as intelli gent and respectable a jury as any in that county, and they could not agree. At the same assizes an Oraagemau named Abbcot was trial for murder---41ic eaao was clear enough— be had five nr §11; Orangemen on his jury, and they were discharged without agreeing to a verdict. . Two Revenue policemen were tried at the acme asalaca for wantonly shooting a woman, Their jury was Orange, and they were acquitted, . • The two cases connected with the administration of jus tice in this country, to which I alluded, and upon which the Tory party are to found a charge against the Law Offi cers of the Crown, are these—a man named Slevin was tried at the Meath Summer Assizes of 1834, when Tory Blackburne was Attorney-General. The indictment charged Min as an accessory before the fact in the murder of a man named Bunne, the steward of the landlord Baron Hussy. He was acquitted on that charge, and a fresh bdi of imlietment sent up against him for ry conspiracy t o mur. der Mr. Hussy. He was subsequently admitted to bail by the Attorney-General, and was to appear at the next As sizes. He did conic in to stand his trial, but Mr. Black burne did not think proper to go on with it, as he was of opinion that the charge for which lie was tried —although Offering in name—was in substance the same for which lie was to be tried. He allowed the man to stand out on his own recognizance, and no complaint was made by Mr. Hussy or his friends. Before another Assizes Blackburne was out of office, and the present Justice Perrin was At ' Orney-General. The friends of Mr. Hussy teak it.. into their heads tooproseciito the case them:elves, and a large subscription was entered into to defray the expences. Every preparation was made for trial, when Mr. Attorney-Gene ral Perrin, acting on the precedent set by Blackburne, inter posed, and prevented it going on by entering a noli paa ifeq!.q! Previou s t o th e Assize which has just terminated, RP' a_PPliaadn i o - vaa made to Mr, gl a aghlin; to know if (1 would prosecute ; or if not, if he would allow the friends of Mr. Hussy to do so. The Right Honourable Gentleman intimated to thm, I believe, that he would follow the course pursued by his predecessors, and for this a grave charge is, I understand, to be brought forward in Parlia- Rapt the pres en t Law O:ficers of the Crown.. ' ow "'he scl *c4o6 Which . fames a firOaßti 0 '0444' 4 LI that of Slv, recently tried at Carlow for the murder of the Rev. Mr:Walsh. If ever there was a case where the ac cused and his friends had a right to be grateful to the Crown for the manner in which the prosecution was con ducted, this was a case. The Attorney-General could not prevent persons coming forward with sworn informations, but be tool: the precaution to have them sifted to the bot tom ; and the wretched woman Rooney. who appeared first in the transaction, was instantly indicted for peljary, tried, and transported, at the last Assizes. The policeman and others, who came forward afterwards, could not be detected in the falsehood of their statements ; but the Attorney_ General ordered that the accused should be supplied with copies of every syllable that was sworn against loin ! How unlike the conduct of those who acted under the Orange regime ! How unlike the conduct of those who prosecuted Father Sheehy for the murder of a man who was then alive, and who afterwards came back to the very town, Clonmel, where the priest was hanged for his murder! In that case Mr. Sheehy knew not one syllable of what was to be sworn against him, until the perjured witnesses appeared on the table. And then the admirable Wexford jury that tried him ! Sly knew everything that was sworn against him ; he had his privilege of challenge ; the Crown did not in terfere ; and he had eleven Orangemen, and one several degrees worse, as his jury ; and for this the party complain ! There is a change come over the spirit of the times in this country. Fiat justitia is the motto of our rulers, and if it so continues, England will have in Ireland an impreg nable tower of strength in the hour of need, and we shall have peace and security in our long-misruled country. MADRID. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit,—You will perceive from the two addresses that have lately been presented to the Queen, the latter of which I en close, that the principles of liberty, and the rights and benefits of the representative system, have begun to be understood in Spain. The one from the most distinguished men in Ma drid, notwithstanding the sneers attempted to be cast upon it by a few incurables of the Hereditary Chamber, was a triumphant manifestation of public opinion, and has, no doubt, had considerable influence in the decidedly improved aspect which affairs wear here. The Madrid petition was immediately re-echoed by the present one from Cadiz, a do cument equally energetic, and, if possible, expressing still more gratitude and admiration for what M. Me n di za b a l loss effected, and confidence in his astounding powers. The position of that Minister is now indeed a proud one—the intrigues of enemies—the treachery of friends—the whole force of republican violence and aristocratical hatred, have all fallen before his unceasing energy—his integrity , and that Which they have won for him, the unbounded love and veneration with which he is regarded by his country men. In the Chamber newly elected the opposition which was attempted to be organized has crumbled away. Istu riz .has entirely withdrawn from it, and Galiano is utterl unsupported. His ingratitude to the friend who asj siSted him during the period of his emigration ;and who has since showered on him and his family t' avonrs and employ ments, is regarded with disgust end detestation. Since the utter failure of his se' . • • , ..,eIIICS, tne creatures who pro-' fessed themselves e nonerentS—the place-hunters—the very gossips Puerta del Sol," unite in crying him down. His position is indeed most pitiable; the diatribes from his pen, which wore wont to stain the columns of the " Revista," appear no more, and his connection with that Jeurf; .1 baz entirely ceased. He has now no other organ tha.a his own eloquence, the only quality he possesses— that of " false:ft de phrases." He finds little sympathy, and oven Isturiz disowns him. I may here add that the Press is universally in favour of M. Mendizabal, with the exception of the Espanol ; but the present enmity of its editor is couched . iff the most cautious, temporizing terms. You have no doubt read the servile apology which ho inserted some weeks ago, for a gross attack which had ap peared in that paper. I cannot describe to you the electric effect which the news of Lord John Hay's intended co-operation on the roast of Cantabria has excited in this capital. This is ano ther proof of the confidence of the English Government in the present Ministry. Accounts have been received to-day from the theatre of war, according to which the rebel General Eguia, stung to the quick by the various defeats his battalions have lately suffered, ordered the Ist, Regiment a Navarre to be formed in the plain before Salinas, with the human e purpose of decimating them. Some hesitation and opposition from his officers, however, took place, and the project getting wind amongst the troops they broke into open mutiny, and the General fled for his life into Salvatierra. Garcia, the sui disant Viceroy of Na varre, was attacked by the Queen's troops near Pamplona, and totally routed., Cordova is now relieved by the Eng lish. CoMmodore from keeping a watch upon the operations of the enemy along the coast, and is concentrating his forces for a general attack on the Carlists in front. The British Legion . is in the highest state of efficiency, and the Portu guese Contingent is really a brilliant corps. Ample pre parations for an attack have been made along the whole line, and a decisive blow will be sh or tly struck. I may here inform you that there is a probability of General Leona, Commander of the Cavalry of the Royal Guard, entering the Ministry in the War Department, and of Oniz and Ferrer taking conjointly the Portfolio of Fo reign Affairs. Madrid, April 2. A. R. SHIP PIN G.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, Aram 11. —Wind N. N. W.—Arrived ald proceeded for the river, the Martha, late Dyer, from Waterford; City of Londonderry, Lewis, from Dublin; Vidonia, Knight, from Bremen, for Tcneriffe; Aflleck, Ford, from Newcastle, for Demerara; Achilles, Weatherley, Ditto, for Jamaica; Pro gress, Tatchell, from Poole, for Newcastle. Came down from the river and sailed, the Eliza Stewart, Miller, for Canton ; Inglis, Wise, for Bombay; Thames, Hornblow, for Madras ; Renovation, Wright, for Richcbucto; Symmetry, Riley, for the IVlauritius; Mariner, Skead ; Joseph Storey, 'Whitfield; Eleutheria, Wheatley ; Hopewell, Dales; Courier, Price ; and the Elizabeth, Merwick, for Quebec. Victoria, Davis, for Prince Edward's Island; and the Christian, Thersoe, for Philadelphia. PORTSMOUTIT, APRIL 11.—Wind N.E. to W. PLYMOUTEI, Arau..ll.—Wind N.E. FALMOUTH, APRIL 10.—Wind N. to N.N. . - COWES, APRIL - 11.—Arrived the George. .-farlow, from New York. POQLE, APRIL 11. —A7riyetl the Dolphin, Kraft, from Memel. Ann. 1.1,--Arrivoti the Johan, Ilermin, from Lis bon; Englieden, Glad, from Copenhagen; Richard Dodd, from Memel gatckri Preclude, Surgcn, Rostock; Latona, illurru, from Stettin ; Preclosa, Forth, from Pillau ; AlLer li?la, Patterson, And Josephine, from Gottenburg; and Ema nuel* from Kiel. The Brilliant, Taddy, from Shields, was assisted into Yar mouth leaky, having bon on the Cross Sand--cargo discharg ing ; bound to RoWart. EAST INDIA The Sophia. APls:air, from Canton, off the Lie of Wight, sailed the 17th December, and from St. Helena the 23d Feb ruary ; the Arab, Sparkes, from Canton, off Cork, and pro ceeded for London, sailed tho IGth Dec., and from St. Helena, 23d Feb. AnatvAts AT ST. HRLENA.—The Royal Admiral, from Canton, and sailed 20th Feb. for London ; Sandwich, Mus cat, and sailed 20th Feb. for London ; Demerara, from the Mauritius, and sailed 19th Feb. for London ; Trusty, 23d Feb., from China ; his Majesty's ship Atholl, 23d Feb., from Cork ; Marmora, 20th Feb., from 'China ' • Bland, 2 !st Feb.,- from Calcutta and Madras, and s ail e d 22d Feb. for Liverpool ; Mary Taylor, 22d Feb. front the Mauritius, and sailed 23d Feb. for London; Constitution, 22d Feb., from Manilla; (31ritore, from Bombay and the Cape, passed the Island on the 24th Feb. ; Courier de St. Paul, 24th Feb., from Bour bon ; Maitland, 24th Feb., from Cork ; Heroine, 24th Feb., from Madras ; Emerald, 25th Feb., from the Mauritius. DEPARTURES FROLI ST. HELENA.—The Munster Lass, ,23d Dec., for the Cape. • ARRIVALS AT CHINA.—TIIO .Severn, December 15, from Calcutta; Victory, December 13, from Madras; Elmore, December 15, from Madras and Singapore. ARRIVAL AT CoLottuo..L.The Clifton, December 12, from London. ARRIVALS AT CALCUTTA.—The Lord Hungerford, Decem ber 15, from London ; Broxbornbury, December 17, from London and the Cape ; Diana, December 17, from Liverpool ; Adelaide, December 17, from Hobart Town ; Washin,gton, December 17, from Philadelphia ; Florence, December 17, from Boston.; Alexander, December, 17, from Sydney ; Sa lamander, - December 18, from Bordeaux and Pondicherry ; Water Witch, December 18, from China and Singapore ; Collingwood, December 19, from China, Singapore, and DEIAIITURES FROM CALCUTTA.—The Bolton, December 15, for London ; Virginie, December 15, for Moulmein and Rangoon • Elizabeth, December 15, for Liverpool ; Duke of Buccleueli, December 25, for the Cape, Madras, and London. Paasengers per the Eliza, Captain Campbell, to sail from Cal cutta, for London, 27th December :--Major Muare,c t army), Mrs. Munroe, and children ; Mrs tiove Dick and children ; M rs. Allan ; Captain Roberts (13ritills Qrtiliery) and Mrs. Roberts ; I..ieteunnl4 111`1,4croth, arant 4 (ki c k et t (of 1112. Majesty‘s 4stii), Mrs. M‘Leroth and child ; Mrs. Orant ana . chi ldv1.1 ; Mrs. Crickett ; Lieut. Dalton, (his Majesty's 3d 13uffs), Mrs. Dalton, and children ; Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson and children; Captain A. L. Campbell ; I. N. Lyall, Esq. ; Lieut. Voulez ; Lieut. Campbell ; Nv , L. M`Dowell, Esq. STRA --- ...7.,-.1... , t•= — . 'FEGT.—Afcci Oie eaptor3 of Odais by the li.'l.e ; l l , l l .l' e . li f, llo. y_f(4 --- 11 - 1 , 1 - ,, a little island in the Channel ; but it was g lously retaken by a Fleming, who pretended that he desired to bury a friend of his, that had died on board his ship, in that island. The French were very careful to search the men th at came on shore, that they should live c ...;ilnii about the: ; but did not think Of looking ii:tii,;k k e epttin, which was full of arms ; and when they thougiit the seamen were bu_ ryirtg their 14eric.1, they OneVtriernselves, and took all the - 41 , eilich tha t w 46 i n thy Onstie,...—/ifirror, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Committee of Commerce appointed to lupin.: Into the prolect of a general Portuguese Tariff; have made their Report to the Chambers. It will he found another part of this journal. From t:hc.communi cations which have appeared from time to time in tlit Morning Chronicle, our commereinl readers rnn;:: 11:we been prepared for the recommendations contained iii this Report. As the period approached at. which the Treaty of 1810 was to expire, it became a question With the Portuguese Government wi - ,other or not they should consent to its renewal, and, if so, upon what terms. Negotiations were opened upon this offiject between our Minister at Lisbon and the Admi oistration of the Duke of Palineita, and had nearly arrived at a satisfactory termination when Palmeira was unseated, and the Marquis of Loult, ap' Ap Al,. to the Home Department. It is unnecessary to v.- mind our readers, that the Marquis of Loule and the party of which he is the Representative, ore strongly opposed to British interests in Po : t w y a i —whether commercial or political. The first step adopted by this anti-English party, w as to ap _ ;point an anti-English Commission, to inqui re i nto the project of a General Tariff; and the result of their labours we have before us, in the very vague, and, we must add, absurd document to which we have adverted. We have not the slightest hesitation in saying that the recommendations of this Commission can never become the basis of any com mercial relations between Portugal and this country. Upon the very face of the Report, it is rank absurdity to suppose they can. What is it that this Commission proposes ? For the duty of 15 per cent., at which the , 1 0 - reat.proportion o f B r iti s h p ro d uce was a d m i tte d i nto Portugal, to substitute an arbitrarfad valorenz duty, varying from 50 to 200 per cent. We feel quite assured that this suicidal, proposition, if persevere„ in, will be rejected by the good sense of the Portuguese Deputies. Are they blind to the first and most ob vious consequence it must produce—a measure of re _ taliation which will in effect nearly exclude from every British port ? What object they pro pose in entering upon this unequal contest between their attenuated trade, and the healthy, full-,rown commerce of this country ? it • , is necessary—so it argued by M. Compo-_, and his colleagues, and repeated by the National. and the other unsound portions of the Lisbon Pre _As—it is necessary to protect the Portu gues: manufacturer, by the exclusion of a rival with whom he is unable to compete. Without going into the general and unanswerable objections to the prin ciple of prohibitory duties, we simply ask those rea soners who depend upon such an argument, what has been its effect when reduced to practical operation in Portugal ! We shall content ourselves with one case. For the manufacture of earthenware it was thought by the Government that Lisbon possessed peculiar advan tages. A high protecting duty was imposed up on th e importation of' this manufacture from other countries. A Royal pottery was established, .and a considerable ~ . um voted by Government for its encouragement. What is the result ? The manufacture is miserably inferior to any thing imported from England. The price is full twenty per cent. higher ; and the Royal pottery has not for any one year, as yet, defrayed the amount of its expenditure. Such %rill be the eWect of every similar attempt to force into existence manufac tures, to the establishment of which there are nearly insurmountable obstacles. But it is the less necessary to enter into a discussion upon this report, as we feel persuaded that such a change must within a very kid period take place in the Government of that country, as we should hope will secure it from the ruinous (Areas that would be produced from the adoption of so rash a proceeding as that which is recommended by the Com m ission.—Morning Chronicle. • We had hoped that, if no feeling of humanity, at least a sense of self-interest might have had the effect of mitigating that sanguinary spirit in which the Carlists are .carrying on the conflict whieh still un happily rages in Spain. We learn, however, that the " African Legion" is excepted from the merciful provisions of the Eliot Convention, and any prisoners of these troops who may be taken, are apprised that they can expect no quarter. The necessary conse quence of this inhuman resolution is the issuing of an order by the commanding officer of the Legion (Ge neral Bernelle), apprising his troops that they enter the field against enemies from who'll they are to expect no quarter if taken prisoners —and to whom, of course, they are to give none Thus, as this unnatural conflict advances, it assumes a deeper dye, and is conducted with a spirit of ferocity, to which the annals of war scarcely furnish a parallel. But out of evil good will often spring, and it may be, that by rendering inevitable an intervention that might otherwise be withheld, the very crimes of this contest will Avork their own cure, and lead to its termination. " Our Government," says the Courie- r ' Francais, "is now placed in the same position v.; was that of Lord Palmerston when he authorized, the in terference of Lord J. Hay. M. 'Tiers 1- .. as the same duty to perform as had Lord Palmein . con." We cer tainly do anticipate that the overnment of Louis Phillippc will give to his sy3-,:jectS—many of whom are in the African Legion - -the same protection, the same means of oTbtaints redress for injuries, that has been give - g by i.ord Palmerston to the subjects of this co" - otrv.. That the effect of adopting such a course would produce a very salutary effect on the progress of the liar, there is not, we think, much room to doubt. " France," it is aptly observed by the Courier Francais, "is geographically placed in a more ad vantageous position than Great Britain for wreaking vengeance upon the Carlists, and we shall take the first opportunity of expiating the blood that may be shed in accordance with this -inhuman order."— Morning Chronicle. Mr. Daniel O'Connell has, to use the words of the chief Ministerial' organ, " made the most of the re lief from Parliamentary duty afforded by the Easter recess." We have already announced, that Madame Vestris and Mr. Mathews at Liverpool, Miss Tree at Birmingham, Mr. and Mrs. Yates at Bath, and others elsewhere, have also, on the closing of their houses in town, been starring it in the provinces, or, in the Minigterial phrase, " been making- the most of the re lief," ST.c. We borrow to-day from another Govern ment journal, an account of two performances of this " Irish Roscius," upon whom his Majesty's servants at Westminster chiefly rely for support. The fir-c c representation was given at Hull, where the ti /star" from St. Stephen's was accommodated with. the use of the Old Gaol-yard. We should 11r.0 to know what Hull wag it was that. t h at tugges La loca lity. Some experienced, . ttage-Manager, we Nvill he sworn, who bore in mind 'that " fit folks in fit places" constitute perfect effect, as " fit words fitly applied" are Said to contain a complete definition of eloquence. The tableau vivant must have been at .once entertaining and instructive. Not so, we think, was the speaking part of the afrair. Colonel Thomp son, we are told, " urged the claims of the Irish to participate in the rights and privileges of British claims." This, it must be admitted, is amusing, but as it happens not to be very intelligible, we cannot say much for its instructive qualities. Daniel com pared the Ministers to " a drag. on the wheel which is to carry the company safe,"—whither, does the reader ml pp os e? Why—" to the bottom." True, Daniel, true, for once, but evidently by accident, since you omitted to mention that you had taken out the linch pins, and were shoving behind with all your strength, w hich, like that of some other animals, is chiefly in vow " In the afternoon there was a feed, at which it is narrated, that after Mr. O'Connell had said his say, the company were addressed by Mr. Gully, Mr. Barker, and " other gentlemen." The whole per formance concluded with a solo from D an i e l, called the Cause of Poland." Oh ! those poor Poles ! We c an imagine them exelahni n7 — " I all the ho vl ri ,e ds w r e , p e:e : ve w r e b r o le blushed berare " i; WO griev'd, we sigfed, But let them take courage. They have survived ' the vengeance of a hearth-ss d-s-srot ' a 4 ,1 t'reason to hope, therefore, that the syn;;)athy of a sordid demagogne, though harder to, be:ar,' wi ll do them no permanent hart% Tira second representation of Da r6!:l 4 ‘W: 4 Waco at York, and there he Went through ties roost f• avourite those fictions relative to Ireland which we have so often exposed. For instance., he told his audience, that Ireland is poor, from want of " equ"l justlee," • This is old falsehood, and a flimsy one to boot, though; had it been of stronger textuFe, he would have worn it threadbare by this time. ,Every calm observe r , whatever :rimy be his, politics, knows \Veil enough, though our Ministeriaiists have not the honesty . to admit th e f act , t h at I re l an d i s p oor , her population . unemployed, an d h er fi e ld s ill culti vated, bnause her demagoties have rendered Efe and property insecure., in whatever district they have plied their s2lfish and diso.raeeful trade of agitati-in. it is incontrovertible. that tio man h as contr ib ute d more to the impoverishment of hi s country than tliis same Daniel O'Connell has. Again, he repeated t h e tale of the Rathcormac slaughter for the ten thousandth time, in the same set phrases in which he first related it, and, moreover, for the same fraudulent Imruo.9'2. But that Tuggle no longer imposes upon e.ny bnt fr,ols, however knaves may applaud the trtetz. The blood shed at Rathcormac is upon his brad, and Upon tho heads of others who, like him, have preached resis _ tanco to the law, and caused. an ignorant and inflam mable peasantry to plume into hopeless conflicts with the military or an arl - ned police. Of a piece with these impudent f.s.ttemnts to deceive Were the other topics upon which the .lizitator for his Majesty's Mi nisters. dwelt at York; and we will not insult the in derstanciings of his audiences by supposing that his performances have been in the slightest L g ree suc cessful, if what was looked for was that the mounte bank should be believed, or' the cause of " Pure-ohi- Whiggery” advanced.-- • An alliance with the mean anti ignoble passion of revel ere being be nea th the dignity of - justice, all judi cial punishment' beyond wier, r ,' coercionof the off en d er , i s s.a;:ci, by is necessary for th e those who administer penal law, to be for exa:p d i c and that only. It follows that if the example of the effect intended, the in fliction of the n';.mishnient can no longer be defend e d on any other ground than that whi c h is disclaimed— viz., that when the infliction of a certain punishment fa. 115 to produce a beneficial example, it ought to con tinue to be inflicted for the purpose of gratifying re venge. Now, w e h ave , a t var i ous t i mes shown,cfrorn the statistics of crime and punishment in different countries, that the punishment of death produces no beneficial effect on the morals of society—that, in fact, it is worse than useless as an example.. What other purpose, then, can it serve, except to make our laws minister to the spirit of reverir.: ? It will not be asserted that suc h a p un i s h ment cessary to coerce the offender from a repetiti zw o f hi s offence, because deprivation. of liberty, ; - e, a well regulated prison, or settler-fie:4lt, answers the purpose of coercion quite as' and, what crimes not a is more, it is for the snore heeivous momentary hut a lasting exairrel...,. For -this rea son it is that in sonic States of Germany the perpetra tors of the worst offences are 'Lee ; pt h perpetual .confine ment and chains, and in (I,at state arc seen by the public at certain times of, 'roe year. So far arc the .in terests of society from - IY. ; i ng rindangered by this blood less vindication of tla e lent in those S'ai'res, especially those of, •'a heinous nature, are far less preys authority of the law, that crimes, -in comparison with the amount of population, than ;.n 'our own country, ‘vhere execu tions are se frequent. Need we point to the Castle of Ham wad .its inmates as a further practical illustration of thy„ r :„ for which we contend ? We have mP:intedned not only that. the punishment of death is 'asTi.ess, but absolutely pernicious ; that wherever it Lroich prevails murder is more frequent than elsewhere, occause the law detracts from the sacredness of life in eves of the multitude. Life for life is part and parcel of the system of retaliation which the Divine Founder of the Christian dispensation expressly repealed. If, indeed, in compliance with long usage and human prejudice, the punishment of death be retained for any clime, we would confine it to murder, not on the vulgar principle of expiation ; for how can the taking the lite of one person compensate for the murder of another ? but because murder being the greatest of all crimes it should not be confounded in punishment with any other:. That executions, whatever may be the crime, have. a bad . and brutalising effect on the class of perso ns w h o form the bulk of the spectators on such occesior,s, may be shown by abundant instances. When stealing from the person was punishable with death, the London thieves used to attend the execution of their comrades to take advantage of the excitement of the tragic scene, aid pursue their vocation at the foot or the gallows. At Kirkdale, only a day or two ago, a new practical proof was given not only of the uselessness, but the de morelising influence of execution. We allude to the execution of the woman named Easy Rowland, con victed of murder an Thursday, ;rod hanged on Saturday. We take from the columns of a Morning Contemporary an account of the conduct of the populace upon whom the awful see of the scaffold was intended to operate: as a great moral example. It appears that there was a mis%dee as to the time appointed for the execution, Welch caused the populace of the vicinity to assemble: in the morning, hut it did not take place until three o'clock in the afternoon. Their conduct is thus de scribed in the report to which we have alludeed We never recollect to have witnessed a larger congregation of blackguards at scenes of this shocking nature. During the lapse of time the mob, ti re d of- amusing themsclves by doing considerable mischief to the fields and gariLus in the neighbourhood, commenced an at tacltby throwing missiles at one another ; and those M . dividuals of a better caste in society, although it cannot be said of a better task, were sure to come in for thee most liberal share. A detachment of the police force., under the command of Mr. Whitty and Inspecieir Heaton, were - on the .spot, and with the utmost d;afi cUlty preserved the pockets of the people (thus were the schemesof depredation pursued at the foot of the gallows.) The police left the ground about nine o'clock in the morning, but no sooner had they turned their backs than a rudianly gang of scoundrels, inetigated by their vile propensity for thieving, made an attack on the females (of whom we regret to say there was a large sprinkling), tearin g away their pets, shawls, bonnets:, and other articles dr.:ss coa t VerICI.; to carry away. • Many of the feriae:les took iee'e*: from the villains in the gaol, and were let t!recql b li the Court House at t i ,ie other end of the build .was a nroral example I As to the females w hardly pay Litc2- Ireatinent they received far being in who halt tir, f iets and shawls to lose, we cant deli conrox:,,, and on such an occasion. They \vent to thtiO.:Lee Of execution to enjc l. a horrible pleasure: nil ':.atliessing the dying agonies of a fellow-creature ; end though strangling of the criminal had no beneficial crcet upon the inultitude, we trust that their punish imnt will operate as a salutary example, aucl prevent glom from attenain ,, such brutalising exhibitions in fu ture. With respect to such spectacles, a Paris Corms. i-0 , v1 , .nt of anolner j ournal (theilionting Chronicle) had IJS ne time ago the following observations: —" Ohl if the people of Enzlraid did but know one-thousandth part of what is said and thought throughout civilized En rope o these periodical executions in London, and. at the country assizes, I cannot but think that they u; ou ld demand the abolition of capital punishments wig, the same unanimity and energy as they now display ior a re form in Parliament. On a recent occasion, at a town in France, when a man, a criminal, dese r ving solitary imprisonment for life, was ordered . tr: be executed,.on the .morning of the day all th e slit.)ps and houses were system ,ir'jrifc::lit:l; closed, the streets were deserted, - and no one assisted at the execution but the public executioner - and the officers of justice." Hera the example was lose, for there were no spectators for the example to operate upon I Since that time - Louis Philip, contrary to his former professed abhorrence of the puniA, meat of death, has been endeavouring to tecanrte the French people to the use of the guilrotme. In that respect, as Philip l'Egatite did, he may go too far, and see his error too late l . )arc l ti. n o A u r r e o o l u ri r t w in h e , trl o - .. 1 is there was an execution .yesterday for butc ; ,.. 0 . 5 . which might im proving" at : l ilex ;% o ' p e .a l e l so l it l )o a k : return tbuleorelolnr.tasol morals hte) by the. s e y , of ..ons of the public execut ione t r he as fac ! t h_e_ i:l: ll_ 4 7 l,: the With regard to the guilt of the' wormn execut •I at. Ki r kd a l el it d ai n y o c c ar o t u o ns b e e l by on no rhea, el,erahr.ereTi,,,,,:sl;ol.:or . grne .. l: )p . iit arsenic ir.s . tc . ad . it was not tne Act I (.(ci,ll:ro..:ietsuitaltgbit,gti,Eatarlelirs:i.diiiini:elitee...odiis.peortift 1 tilleat,:sil): til(til:i . on her tr i al, and ~,.. ..- ~ 4 intention. She asserted least, possibki. i, ...rsisted in that. statement in her: • , __, m i 6ti ,, ,w wi Sic Iniqook the ' ' arsenic for sur . iir . .lich, under the circumstances, was., at The rßporter r.;ays, " she did not d,,„ ) , tha t subsequently t o hi s death she disc6vered llek: This TRE StTN, LONDON . , TUESDA V, APRIL, 12, 1836, -